Guilty of Indigence : : The Urban Poor in China, 1900-1953 / / Janet Y. Chen.
In the early twentieth century, a time of political fragmentation and social upheaval in China, poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of the country. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, Guilty of Indigence examines th...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Edition: | Core Textbook |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 14 halftones. 1 table. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Conventions
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Between Charity and Punishment
- Chapter 2. "Parasites upon Society"
- Chapter 3. "Living Ghosts" during the Nanjing Decade
- Chapter 4. Beggars or Refugees?
- Chapter 5. Keeping Company with Ghosts
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index